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HORSBSHOE. A PPLIOATION'FILVED JULY 11, 1908.

9 1 9,256. Patented Apr. 20, 1909.

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HORSE SHOE Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 11, 1908.

Patented April 20, 1909.

Serial No. 443,015.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS F. SEx'roN, a resident of Baltimore, State of1ixiaryland, have invented certain new and useful Imrovements inHorseshoes; and I do hereby eclare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to horse shoes of the character having an elastictread.

The object of the invention is to rovide a tread of improvedconstruction, an particularly one that shall give an improved support tothe frog ortion of the foot, as well as reducing the danger of slipping.

The invention consists in the construction hereinafter described andpointed out.

In the accompanying drawing which illustrate the invention and formspart of the specification z-Figure 1 is a perspective view of theimproved shoe, one pad being omitted Fig. 2 is a side view of the shoe:Fig. 3 is a section on line 3 3: Fig. 4 is a section on line 4 4.

The shoe comprises a metal body having the usual side members 1, and atoe calk 2, the whole shoe being flat on its up er side. At the rear endof each side mem er is a socket 3 which is made of substantially V-shape, and of substantially uniform cross section throughout its length.

As shown in the drawings the inner or approximate sides of the socketsare not joined y angles, but by small regular arcs, and the inner endsof the sockets point directly toward the toe end of the shoe, and arealso rounded, and thoughnear together are entirely separate.

The socket in one part of the V is directly in line with its member ofthe shoe; but the socket in the other part 3 extends inward at an acuteangle toward the median line of the shoe and forward toward the toe,andl corresponds in form and arrangement very nearly with that of oneside or branch of the frog of a horses foot.

Preferably the side members of the shoe are thicker forward of thesockets than at the sockets, a shoulder 4 being formed'at beginning ofeach socket, and the opposite end being closed by the iiange or wall 5of the socket. The walls 5 extend from the surface of the shoe a littlefarther than does the toe calk, and are of sufficient thickness to givenecessar protection to theY rubber or other suita le elastictread-material, 6, placed in the sockets, and to wear away slowly as therubber wears. Preferably the rubber or the like, corresponding in shapeto the socket, is placed therein while the socket walls areperpendicular, and then com ressing the walls to dove tail themsufficient y to bind the material therein.

If desired, pins or screws may be used to give additional security asindicated at 7, but this is not essential. Y

The inner ends of the sockets are disconnected from each other. This, inconnection with the fact that the parts constituting the tops of thesockets are of considerable less thickness than the body of the shoe,provides for an independent yielding or spring action of either part 3fwhen, for example, greater strain is put on one member 3 than on theother.

The tread material in the part 3 of the socket is separated from that inthe other part of the socket by a considerable space formed by thereentrant angle 8 of the wall 5. This separates the tread-material whichgives direct support to the frog of a foot from the part which comesunder the outer part of the foot throughout the greater part of itslength.

Shaping the arts 3 (and the parts of the pads therein) dlosely similarto the natural shape of the sides or branches of the frog of a footinsures full frog support and pressure in use, thereby tending to expandthe heels, prevent contraction, and the formation of corns.

I am aware that there are shoes heretofore proposed which give partialfrog support, that is, support on the outer portlons o the frogs andcontinuous with the support of the outer or edge part of the hoof. Myshoe differs from these in having the branch or angle supportscorresponding in shape to the two branches of the frog and directlyunder such branches, and separated from the outer bearing of the foot bythe rentrant angle 8, as above stated, which insures full pressure oneach branch of the frog.

I am also aware that it is not broadly new to provide a horse shoe withbifurcated, forwardly extending frog supports; but heretofore suchsupports, that is, the metal elasticmaterial-holding parts, have beenintegrali connected at their inner ends. This, a

though it may permit spreading oia the shoe to some extent, does notgive the desirable independent movement and elasticity to the inner endsor parts of the sockets, as in my improved construction.

The rubber to be placed in the sockets may be formed in Vshape in `theiirst instance; or a straight bar may be bent into shape in the act ofinserting it, and the rubber may be vulcanized or not as preferred, andother materials may be used.

Having thus described the invention what l. claim is zl. metal horseshoe comprising two side members, a sl-shape socket at the end of eachside member of the shoe, the inner members of the sockets extendinginwardly and forwardly to correspond with the 'frogs ol a horses foot,said members pointing directly toward the toe of the shoe, the top ofthe sockets being in the plane oi the top of the shoe, the extreme heelends of the sockets being large arcs extending regularly from the outersides of the sockets, in line with the side members of the shoe, to theinner sides of the sockets, the inner and outer members of the socketsbeing ioined within the V- angles by small regular arcs, and theadjacent inner members of the sockets terminating in rounded ends neartogether but separate, and elastic material in the sockets.

2. t metal horse shoe comprising two side members, a V-shape socket atthe end of each side member of the shoe, the inner members of thesockets extending inwardly and forwardly to correspond with the 'frogsof a horses foot, said members pointing directly toward the toe of theshoe, a toe calk, the sockets having metal walls of greater height thansaid calks, the tops of the sockets being of less thickness than theside members of the shoe, whereby the socket may yield under greatpressure, the heel ends of the sockets being large arcs extendingregularly from the outer sides oi the sockets to the inner sides ol' thesockets, the inner and outer members of the sockets being joined withinthe rl-angles by small regular arcs, the inner ends of the socketsterminating near together but separate, and elastic material in thesockets.

in testimony whereof, l have signed this specification in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

THOMAS F. SEXTON. TWitnesses H. L. FRANC, C. I. CLocKnR.

